title: Unexpected arterial recanalization after decompressive hemicraniectomy.
abstract: We report a 43-year-old patient with malignant embolic ischemic stroke in the right middle cerebral artery (MCA), treated by decompressive hemicraniectomy. Cerebrovascular ultrasound detected a subtotally occluding thrombus in the right internal carotid artery and a partial occlusion of the ipsilateral MCA. After the surgery, complete recanalization of the affected vessels was observed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology at the University Hospital "Tsaritsa Yoanna-ISUL," Sofia, Bulgaria. Electronic address: iruschev@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Evguenia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vassileva
authors.forename: Petar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stoyanov
authors.forename: Evgenii
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vavrek
authors.forename: Paraskeva
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stamenova
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D056424:Decompressive Craniectomy; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D006801:Humans; D020244:Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D017585:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial
keywords: Decompressive surgery; arterial recanalization; cerebrovascular ultrasound; middle cerebral artery; stroke